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An Alicante criminal group crashes into police vehicles

Guardia Civil Alicante Car Crash

Operation Twilight ended with a high-risk pursuit to apprehend a burglary-focused criminal gang from Alicante. The accused members of this clan were apprehended in a coordinated operation by the Civil Guard and the Local Police in the Region of Murcia, where this incredibly dangerous escape attempt occurred.

The officers were able to predict the movements of this criminal group based in Alicante, from which they travelled to the area of the Guadalentín Valley, after an investigation by the Guardia Civil of Murcia revealed an increase in robberies in homes in the municipalities of Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras.

Three members of this purported network were arrested a few days earlier. Civil Guard investigators discovered that the suspects’ vehicle was in the municipality of Lorca. After spotting this movement, the Local Police quickly teamed up with several departments to set up a monitoring system in the region, which paid off.

When the suspects’ car was going towards Lorca along the Águilas route, the Civil Guard found it. The car’s occupants left quickly after the authorities stopped it, driving carelessly and endangering other drivers.

The suspects intentionally struck many police cars during their escape in an effort to evade capture. The officers, however, stopped the vehicle before it could pose a bigger risk to the police and civilians in the vicinity of the incident.

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Following the operation, the three car occupants were arrested on suspicion of committing the following crimes: assaulting an authority figure, burglary, damage, membership in a criminal organisation, and license plate counterfeiting. Although their authorship of other crimes and the involvement of more individuals in the now-explained illicit activity are not ruled out, they are suspected of being the authors of about twenty criminal acts.

This Alicante-based criminal organisation allegedly committed home robberies in the cities of Lorca and Puerto Lumbreras in the Guadalentín Valley, raising social panic among the local populace. Agents from the Civil Guard were alerted to the robberies and started looking into it.

The Murcian agents’ thorough technical and visual inspections, together with other investigations, yielded a wealth of information about the perpetrators and methods of the crimes.

After conducting an initial reconnaissance of their targets and verifying that no one was inside the residences, the accused criminals broke through the perimeter fence and forced open security features like closed-circuit televisions and window and door bars.

The criminals swiftly examined every room in the building after entering in order to take cash and valuables, while they also took some tech equipment in some of the crimes.

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Other crimes committed by the same criminal group occurred concurrently with the investigation, which gave investigators the opportunity to determine the behaviour of the offenders in terms of their routines, methods of operation, and areas of activity. This also helped them predict the criminal group’s movements.

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Following their discovery on the Águilas road and subsequent arrest, the Civil Guard officers confiscated a variety of items and belongings that the criminals were allegedly transporting in order to carry out the house invasions.

Among them, a hydraulic shear, used to cut bars; crowbars, used for leveraging; screwdrivers, to force locks; walkie talkies, to communicate within the criminal group; caps and tubular scarves, to hide their identity and thus avoid being identified; and several sets of license plates used to make it difficult to link the vehicles to the criminal acts they committed. In addition, more than 3,000 euros in cash have been seized from them.


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Brown bins for organic waste will soon be in Santa Pola

Santa Pola Organic Brown Bins

Preparations are in progress to introduce a new selective rubbish collection system in Santa Pola, according to Councillor for Cleanliness Encarni Ramírez. This is the brown organic bin container that will soon be made available exclusively to the municipality’s hotels, restaurants, and businesses.

Francisco Lara, Urbaser’s service manager in Santa Pola, clarified that “the new containers will be easily identified by their brown lids, have a 2,000-litre capacity, and a side-loading system.” The public collection service will empty them every day after they are placed in the municipality’s current recycling islands. They can be used to store organic garbage, which makes up the majority of the waste collected and includes things like food scraps, fruit, and vegetables.

The brown containers are meant for large producers in the HORECA sector, such as hotels, restaurants, and companies, according to Lara. Users will be given a card and a mobile app to open the compartment and place their waste because the lids are secured and have an electronic access control system.

“Prior to the installation of the containers, an information campaign was launched by qualified personnel, Urbaser environmental educators, who visited stores to inform them about what organic waste is, how to properly separate it at source, and how to use the containers designated for this waste,” stated Urbaser’s announcement last week regarding the information campaign that was directed towards large producers.

They receive instructions for downloading the app and a card to unlock the lid at each restaurant throughout this stay.

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In order to reduce the quantity of garbage that ends up in the residual waste (grey), we finish the collection islands made up of paper and cardboard (blue) and lightweight packaging (yellow) with the inclusion of the organic containers. Since the waste that ends up in the yellow, blue, and brown containers may be collected at a rate of about 100%, creating nearly total sustainability, segregation at the source is crucial.

In order to prevent spills and offensive odours, Encarni Ramírez stressed the significance of putting all waste in organic waste receptacles in a sealed bag.


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Missing man’s body found in Crevillente

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The man who went missing in Crevillent has been found. His body was discovered by the Guardia Civil this week, and an autopsy has verified his identity.

An alert was sent out on Tuesday, March 18th. The SOS Missing Persons Association was in charge of distributing the case notice and alerting people to the man’s vulnerability via its social media accounts.

No one has been able to discover him alive despite searching for them. His body was discovered on Wednesday, March 25th, at approximately 9 a.m.

Identification has not been done at the scene of the body, which was discovered in some bushes in the municipality of Crevillent. The body of the man who vanished eight days prior was identified by the autopsy conducted on Wednesday, March 26th. According to this report, natural causes were the cause of death.

The first 72 hours after a disappearance are “important as they allow for extreme measures to be taken to find the missing person,” according to the group.

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There are a number of reasons for this, including the possibility that the individual may still be in the vicinity of the residence or location where they vanished, particularly in the case of youngsters and the elderly, and the possibility of obtaining evidence that will provide light on the circumstances surrounding the disappearance.

“As soon as all necessary steps have been taken and it is certain that a family member has disappeared, the State Security Forces (National Police, Guardia Civil, Local Police, or Regional Security Forces) must be immediately contacted to report the disappearance,” they say.

There, they remind us that, in contrast to what many people think, “it is not necessary to wait 24 or 48 hours” to make these complaints. “The 24-hour thing is a legend,” say National Police Alicante.

“If you suspect the disappearance of a family member or friend who has not done so voluntarily, you should let us know from the very first minute because the first minute is crucial for investigators to have the most relevant and important information,” these same sources stress, repeating the association’s message.

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Firefighters in Alicante try to storm the plenary hall

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“We don’t know what would have happened if they had gotten in .” When firefighters tried to attack the plenary hall of Alicante City Hall yesterday, Thursday 27th March, one eyewitness characterised their level of anxiety as follows. In the end, local police officers stopped them from going inside.

The plenary session in March has turned into one of the bloodiest in recent memory. An attack attempt by municipal firefighters who were protesting their working conditions was the cause.

During the plenary session, the demonstrators yelled, “Barcala, comply,” “Barcala, take off your tie and come to the park,” and “Come here and talk to us.”

They tried to push their way in, and their anger erupted because they weren’t being heard. They were also halted by officers from the Rapid Intervention Task Force of the Local Police. Eventually, they were forced to leave.

The demands for the promised improvements—first, the state of the city’s fire station facilities, and second, compensation for the unusual services required for their work—were the foundation of the violent protest.

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Barcala bemoaned the manner in which these demands were implemented, calling it a “disgrace to the plenary session,” according to Europa Press. Rafa Mas, a spokesman for Compromís, was summoned to order “stirring up the protests.” Mas bemoaned the “precarious situation” and “lack of resources” faced by the city firefighters during his remarks.

PSPV, Vox, EU-Podem, and the rest of the opposition concur that while they do not agree with the “forms” of the firefighters’ protests, they do agree with the “demands” and the “substance.”

Although Silvia Castell, a socialist councillor, has urged the mayor to “listen to them” and “fulfil his promises,” Manolo Copé, a spokesman for EU-Podem, feels that “their demands must be heard” because the mayor “is not up to the task.”


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